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The Sea and Poison (film)
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Wikipedia article
is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Kei Kumai and based on a novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo. It tells the true story of downed American pilots in World War II who are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in medical experiments.
The film has never been released on home video outside of Japan and has never been released with an English translation. Unofficial translations exist online and can be legally watched with an original Japanese DVD using computer software that allows custom subtitles.
Cast
* Eiji Okuda as Suguro
* Ken Watanabe as Toda
* Takahiro Tamura as Professor Hashimoto
* Kyko Kishida as Ohba, Head Nurse
* Mikio Narita as Shibata
* Shigeru Kyama as Gondo
* Toshie Negishi as Ueda, Nurse
* Ken Nishida as Asai
* Masumi Okada as Hattori
* Noriko Sengoku as Old woman
* as Murai
* Masane Tsukayama as Miyasaka
Awards
'37th Berlin International Film Festival'
* Jury Grand Prix
'41st Mainichi Film Award'
* Best Film
References
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